sentencing

About 1.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to a judicial sentence.

   There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.

2. noun The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.

   After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.

3. noun That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
4. noun The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.

   He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.

5. verb present participle and gerund of sentence

Similar words

conviction condemn doom time judgment of conviction prison term indictment convict verdict award

Often followed by

guidelines of and commission judge in hearing process reform